"I've spent my whole life looking up to amazing dancers and amazing people, and I've always wanted to be a role model," Jeanine said after winning the title. "And just to have 3,000 people in here..." she said as she choked up with tears.

Over 21 million votes were submitted, with Jeanine coming out on top in the fifth season of the popular dance competition show.

"I never saw Jeanine coming, I never saw you coming," judge Adam Shankman told her. "And you have dominated, week after week."

"You are feisty, you are strong, you are tomboyish!" said "Dance" co-creator and executive producer Nigel Lythgoe.